The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 12/108 (2021.01); H04W 12/126 (2021.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/265 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 12/108 (2021.01); H04W 12/126 (2021.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for authenticating a plurality of components of a user equipment to enable one or more functionalities of the components. The techniques include receiving a component identifier corresponding to a hardware component of the user equipment; verifying that the component identifier matches a network record in a data store, the network record corresponding to the hardware component; enabling one or more functionalities of the user equipment, based at least in part on verifying the component identifier with the network record; and activating the hardware component for use on the user equipment via a communications network.